Faith? or Deeds? Just get on with it!
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God. – Micah 6:8
Category: faith
sharing the good word with some good people in Coastal Carolina
A lot of people asked for a transcript. So – without all the interesting deviations I took – I’ll paste in my notes
Life is beautiful (and difficult, and wonderful, and hard…)
Life remains a study in contradictions. Life is good, it is difficult, it is hard, it is rewarding, it is challenging, it is inspiring, it is defeating, it is wonderful, it is frustrating, it is satisfying… it is all of these things and often at the same time.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts”
Jesus is God’s invitation. When we chose to follow we must ask for the courage to be faithful. Because it is not an easy road but a challenging and often treacherous climb.
Does material wealth bring peace, happiness and satisfaction? #ProsperityPreachers #Don’tBeFooled
even though it is patently false the prosperity message gains traction because it builds on the groundwork laid by the way “the path to happiness” has been sold to Americans, 24-7, from the moment we were born.
How Can I Keep from Singing?
I don’t think there was a person in attendance who didn’t laugh, who didn’t cry, and who didn’t reach for something more in their relationship with God.
Can you spell “koinonia”? And – more importantly – do you live it?
I couldn’t help but chuckle yesterday when I learned that the national spelling bee was decided on a word the country at large can’t pronounce, can’t define, and can’t use in a sentence let alone practice.
pushing our comfort zone as a spiritual discipline
so many people are nowhere near satisfied, and nowhere close to being fulfilled – yet they are not even vaguely aware of the potential we all have to know God, to increase our capacity, and to live joyfully in response to what is possible!
Called to be filled – and to spill over in light and love
be encouraged. God’s Spirit is alive and active and vital, and life-giving here in the Presbyterian Church.
Exporting fear instead of Gospel – where “The Christian Right” gets it wrong
The most interesting nugget I picked up from our visit was this observation by one of the Palestinian Christian leaders: “Our biggest threat is not from Israel,” he said. “It’s not the Jews who scare us so much as American Evangelicals.”
